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Western Railroad Discussion > NS: GM to expand Wentzville MO plantDate: 12/13/19 13:53 NS: GM to expand Wentzville MO plant Author: Lackawanna484 GM plans to spend nepoint five billion dollars to produce a "next-generation truck" at the Wentzville plant. Sounds like good news for Norfolk Southern. Does BNSF have rights into the plant, too?
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/gm-to-invest-15-billion-retain-4000-jobs-wentzville-facility/63-037543b5-658e-4c5e-86ed-2a563afb9e94 Date: 12/13/19 15:28 Re: NS: GM to expand Wentzville MO plant Author: ns1000 Good news...I just wonder who is going to buy the "next generation truck"..??
Posted from Android Date: 12/13/19 17:16 Re: NS: GM to expand Wentzville MO plant Author: PHall ns1000 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Good news...I just wonder who is going to buy the > "next generation truck"..?? > > Posted from Android The people who are buying the current generation trucks. Pick ups and SUV's are the best selling vehicles in the US and Canada. Date: 12/13/19 20:57 Re: NS: GM to expand Wentzville MO plant Author: NYSWSD70M Lackawanna484 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > GM plans to spend nepoint five billion dollars > to produce a "next-generation truck" at the > Wentzville plant. Sounds like good news for > Norfolk Southern. Does BNSF have rights into the > plant, too? > > https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/gm-to-inve > st-15-billion-retain-4000-jobs-wentzville-facility > /63-037543b5-658e-4c5e-86ed-2a563afb9e94 > Plant builds the Chevy Colorado/ GMC Canyon (and the full size van). Money is for the pick up. Posted from Android Date: 12/14/19 00:20 Re: NS: GM to expand Wentzville MO plant Author: Coalca 6 years ago I bought a new diesel truck for $43K. To buy a similar new diesel truck today is almost $60K. This for cloth seats and basic options.
Both Chevy and Ford have diesel truck packages that can top 100k msrp. Date: 12/14/19 05:57 Re: NS: GM to expand Wentzville MO plant Author: ronald321 Wentzville is on the former Wabash Kansas City-St, Louis mainline. I pretty sure the NS serves this plant exclusively..
The line is single track - but fast and well maintained. Used to handle the Union Pacific's "City of St. Louis". Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/14/19 06:30 by ronald321. Date: 12/14/19 06:14 Re: NS: GM to expand Wentzville MO plant Author: Lackawanna484 Coalca Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > 6 years ago I bought a new diesel truck for $43K. > To buy a similar new diesel truck today is almost > $60K. This for cloth seats and basic options. > > Both Chevy and Ford have diesel truck packages > that can top 100k msrp. Finding a basic truck isn't an easy task in many places. Thanks for the info, it will be interesting to see what's on the next gen truck. Posted from Android Date: 12/14/19 10:17 Re: NS: GM to expand Wentzville MO plant Author: MEKoch I went to have breakfast this morning at my usual local restaurant in rural Ohio. Of 60 vehicles in the parking lots, at 55 were pickup trucks.
Date: 12/14/19 11:04 Re: NS: GM to expand Wentzville MO plant Author: Cole42 MEKoch Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > I went to have breakfast this morning at my usual > local restaurant in rural Ohio. Of 60 vehicles > in the parking lots, at 55 were pickup trucks. But many of the pickups today have 4 or 5 foot beds, so while still a pickup design they are pretty useless for actual work. They have become family vehicles with a short open cargo area. I am comparing of course to the traditional 8 ft bed or crew cab w/8 ft bed. Those can't be easily used as daily/family transportation since you can't fit into the parking spaces of today. Like someone else said, it is increasingly difficult to find a basic pickup truck for work, everything comes with all the bells and whistles since so many people want a luxury vehicle. But if that keeps the automakers going, more power to them! Date: 12/14/19 13:52 Re: NS: GM to expand Wentzville MO plant Author: Lackawanna484 72 month and 84 month financing packages, what could go wrong with that?
Posted from Android Date: 12/14/19 15:19 Re: NS: GM to expand Wentzville MO plant Author: callum_out Uh, petty cash, how about the Phoenix area RV ads for a $90K RV for only $433/mo, work that one out.
Out Date: 12/14/19 18:32 Re: NS: GM to expand Wentzville MO plant Author: millerdc Is BNSF or UP most likely to get the traffic going west of KC?
Date: 12/14/19 19:24 Re: NS: GM to expand Wentzville MO plant Author: florida581 millerdc Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Is BNSF or UP most likely to get the traffic going > west of KC? 239 picks up at Wentzville and it goes to the UP. Andrew Date: 12/15/19 13:57 Re: NS: GM to expand Wentzville MO plant Author: Lackawanna484 callum_out Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Uh, petty cash, how about the Phoenix area RV ads > for a $90K RV for only $433/mo, work that one > out. > > Out Yes. There's a lot of debt out in consumer land. Sub-prime auto loans, mortgages and refinancings, medical debt, old student loans. Add in car loans that last longer than the vehicle may last. Many folks are a paycheck away from serious financial squeezing... |